Hospital admission with neonatal sepsis and development of atopic disease: Is there a link?

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 630-636

  Kopp, Matthias Volkmar ^a   Semmler, Steffi ^a   Ihorst, Gabriele ^a   Berner, Reinhard ^a   Forster, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b St Josefs Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Atopic dermatitis; Bronchial asthma; Neonatal sepsis; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CALCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEPSIS; SKIN TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28344437121     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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